This could be what LIC actually needs. It has all this new housing, but it feels like a ghost town. So now there will be all this demand for local amenities that could transform the area. Still unsure if this will be beneficial in the long term or not, but will be interesting to see how it plays out.
That's sort of the norm in an area like this I think. When the Seaport in Boston started to be redeveloped amenities were pretty sparse for a while. (To be sure a lot of development was initially around the convention center and adjoining hotels.) These days the restaurant situation is decent but it probably took a good 10 years.
